I have a niece that is a RN, think she got her degree for a PA as well. Had a aunt come down with breast cancer. It ended up moving to her lungs. My niece said once it gets to the lungs, then it's just a matter of time. 6 months later, she passed.
RBG has cancer in the lung. With the special treatment she's getting, I'll give her a year or less.

I would love to be able to see what liberals are planning/plotting/paying to keep her there until Trump gets out of office.

There's no telling what's going on.

I bet it would blow our minds... I wouldnít be surprised they claim sheís fit for the job even after sheís passed and they set her up in her chair and her head falls off and rolls down the court room floor

But how is she qualified now to be on the court, at that age your mental capacity is diminished, age takes it toll on all cognitive functions, and the brain diminishes. She cannot stay awake during arguments......
Congress should have stood up and recalled her 2 years ago.....

How can she vote on something she didnt listen to the entire arguement?

But how is she qualified now to be on the court, at that age your mental capacity is diminished, age takes it toll on all cognitive functions, and the brain diminishes. She cannot stay awake during arguments......
Congress should have stood up and recalled her 2 years ago.....

How can she vote on something she didnt listen to the entire arguement?

In good faith, she cannot. I don't think it's her decision to stay in the position at this point though.

But how is she qualified now to be on the court, at that age your mental capacity is diminished, age takes it toll on all cognitive functions, and the brain diminishes. She cannot stay awake during arguments......
Congress should have stood up and recalled her 2 years ago.....

How can she vote on something she didnt listen to the entire arguement?

I agree. Must be some unwritten code the other judges are adhering to because they are remaining very silent on the issue.

She should have resigned on Obummer's watch but chose not to for selfish reasons. I hope it comes back to bite the Dems in the butt big time.

this. I don't wish bad things on her just for her to do the right thing. come to think of it, I'd like for all of congress to do the right thing and quit all this selfish bickering and get to leading our country instead of fighting to be the first one to fill up their bank accounts or win an argument. That's elementary school stuff....

She should have resigned on Obummer's watch but chose not to for selfish reasons. I hope it comes back to bite the Dems in the butt big time.

Bingo, she had the opportunity to guarantee this seat remained in her parties hands for a long time.
The need to remain relevant must be part of the mental disorder that plagues many of those Washington Politicians.

If RBG leaves the court while Trump is in office, no matter what else Trump does, he will have saved this country by getting 3 constitutionalist judges seated. It wont matter what that DB Roberts does. Can you imagine if Hillary would have been elected and stacked the court with 3 additional liberal judges? The demise of our country would have been set.

Pundits are saying that she attended a concert arranged by her DIL to honor RBG, but she sat in the back of the venue and NO pics were taken by anyone! Yea right!

She dead or bed-riden and the MSM is covering hoping Trump will be impeached or removed from office.

Been saying it for weeks now. People underestimate the lefts view is the SCOTUS. The SC is their holy grail. Theyre view is they legislate from the bench. Their #1 worry is not trump in office, it is him appointing conservative judges. They will risk it all to avoid another SC appointment by trump.

If RBG leaves the court while Trump is in office, no matter what else Trump does, he will have saved this country by getting 3 constitutionalist judges seated. It wont matter what that DB Roberts does. Can you imagine if Hillary would have been elected and stacked the court with 3 additional liberal judges? The demise of our country would have been set.

Yep, you're right, but I fear our demise is already set. This just postponed it for a while...

Been saying it for weeks now. People underestimate the lefts view is the SCOTUS. The SC is their holy grail. Theyre view is they legislate from the bench. Their #1 worry is not trump in office, it is him appointing conservative judges. They will risk it all to avoid another SC appointment by trump.

Lets say RGB is dead or dies in the next 6 month, with a Dem controlled house and narrow majority in a senate filled with establishment Republicans, do you actually think Trump can get a conservative judge approved? I donít think so. I think the Demís return the Scalia favor and delay until after elections so that they can pick a liberal judge.

Lets say RGB is dead or dies in the next 6 month, with a Dem controlled house and narrow majority in a senate filled with establishment Republicans, do you actually think Trump can get a conservative judge approved? I donít think so. I think the Demís return the Scalia favor and delay until after elections so that they can pick a liberal judge.

I completely disagree. Letís make a friendly wager on it. If RBG vacates in the next 12 months another conservative judge will be appointed. Trump isnít going to compromise. This is going to be a huge part of his legacy.

Lets say RGB is dead or dies in the next 6 month, with a Dem controlled house and narrow majority in a senate filled with establishment Republicans, do you actually think Trump can get a conservative judge approved? I donít think so. I think the Demís return the Scalia favor and delay until after elections so that they can pick a liberal judge.

The House has nothing to do with Federal Judge Appointments. That's part of the Senate's responsibility of Advise and Consent... Senate is a better ratio now than when either previous nominee was approved.

Don't want to wish any "bad" on anyone, but I hope she "retires" today so the process can begin immediately!

The House has nothing to do with Federal Judge Appointments. That's part of the Senate's responsibility of Advise and Consent... Senate is a better ratio now than when either previous nominee was approved.

Don't want to wish any "bad" on anyone, but I hope she "retires" today so the process can begin immediately!

And, I believe more and more Senate Republicans are seeing the benefit of jumping on the trump train voluntarily instead of being pressed to do so. RBG leaves, Trump will have no problem with his next pick

Can someone sum up the health issues RBG has had in the last few years? And how old she was at each?

Health
In 1999, Ginsburg was diagnosed with colon cancer; she underwent surgery that was followed by chemotherapy and radiation therapy. During the process, she did not miss a day on the bench.[110] Ginsburg was physically weakened by the cancer treatment, and she began working with a personal trainer. Since 1999, Bryant Johnson, a former Army reservist attached to the Special Forces, has trained Ginsburg twice weekly in the justices-only gym at the Supreme Court.[111][112] In spite of her small stature, Ginsburg saw her physical fitness improve since her first bout with cancer; she was able to complete 20 push-ups in a session before her 80th birthday.[111][113]

On February 5, 2009, she again underwent surgery, this time for pancreatic cancer.[114][115] Ginsburg had a tumor that was discovered at an early stage.[114] She was released from a New York City hospital on February 13 and returned to the bench when the Supreme Court went back into session on February 23, 2009.[116][117][118] On September 24, 2009, Ginsburg was hospitalized in Washington DC for lightheadedness following an outpatient treatment for iron deficiency and was released the following day.[119]

On November 26, 2014, she had a stent placed in her right coronary artery after experiencing discomfort while exercising in the Supreme Court gym with her personal trainer.[120][121]

On November 8, 2018, she was hospitalized after fracturing three ribs in a fall in her office at the Supreme Court.[122] A day later it was reported that Ginsburg had returned to official judicial work after a day of observation.[123][124] An outpouring of public support followed.[125][126] A CT scan of her ribs following her November 8 fall showed cancerous nodules in her lungs.[127] On December 21, Ginsburg underwent a left-lung lobectomy at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center to remove the nodules.[127] For the first time since joining the Court more than 25 years earlier, Ginsburg missed oral argument in January 2019 while she recuperated.[128]

Is there a certain time frame that the senate can deny/postpone a nomination? Scalia died 9 months before the 2016 election and that nomination was postponed. Surely, there is some sort of rule about this. Otherwise, the senate could just refuse to allow appointment indefinitely if the senate/president disagree.

Is there a certain time frame that the senate can deny/postpone a nomination? Scalia died 9 months before the 2016 election and that nomination was postponed. Surely, there is some sort of rule about this. Otherwise, the senate could just refuse to allow appointment indefinitely if the senate/president disagree.

I am not aware of one. Since the Republicans have the majority in the Senate it should not be an issue.

If anyone thinks that an 85 yo frail women will be able to recover from cancer and surgery to adequately reassume work responsibilities are disillusioned. So there is an article about this as a supreme justice and carrying on duties. I imagine the count down has started.

It was set by the Dems under Oboma (Nuclear Option). BTW, it is the only way we got Gorsuch and Kavanaugh in.

It's working out in favor this time, but I wouldn't assume it always will.
It seems dangerous to me that the senate that can deny a supreme court appointment to an undefined point. Scalia replacement was denied 9 months before the election. Next time it might be 12. or 15. etc. I'd be fine with saying appointments will be postponed within 9 months of a presidential election. No biggie. But, the line needs to be drawn somewhere.

The POTUS's ability to appoint supreme court justices is IMO the most important thing they can do. And, the senate should not be able to block that outside of a reasonable, predetermined time frame.